Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Tuesday claimed that the get together MLAs, who cross-voted in BJP’s favour within the Rajya Sabha polls, had breakfast with them this morning.
His remarks got here after the BJP gained the lone Rajya Sabha seat within the state, defeating Congress after a draw of tons to interrupt the 34-34 tie between the 2 events.
Addressing the media after the announcement of the Rajya Sabha election result, an aggrieved Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned, “They’ve taught us so much as a result of they (the 9 Congress MLAs who cross-voted) supped with us until 11 pm final evening and three of them had breakfast with us. So, I feel, we’re unhealthy judges of human character, they’re clearly higher judges of human character.”
Regardless of Congress having a transparent majority with 40 out of the 68 MLAs and the assist of three Independents, Abhishek Manu Singhvi misplaced to BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan.
Mahajan was declared the winner by draw of tons after each the candidates had been tied, securing 34 votes every.
The end result made it clear that 9 MLAs voted in favour of the BJP. At current, the Congress has 40 MLAs, and BJP 25 whereas three are Independents within the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Meeting.
In the meantime, Chief of Opposition Jairam Thakur demanded the resignation of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu after Congress MLAs cross-voted for the BJP candidate.
“We’re rightly saying that taking a look at this victory, the Himachal Pradesh CM ought to resign from his place. The MLAs have left him simply inside a 12 months, Thakur mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Sukhu alleged that five to six Congress MLAs were ‘kidnapped’ and whisked away by the CRPF and the Haryana Police after the voting ended. The Chief Minister claimed that Congress MLAs had been taken to a authorities relaxation home in Haryana’s Panchkula.
